An AU plan to halt Libya’s civil war collapsed, and rebels said the bloody siege of the city of Misrata made talk of a ceasefire meaningless.
Oil fell on Monday after Muammar Gaddafi appeared to accept a cease-fire plan, increasing the chances that Libyan crude will return to world markets.
President Zuma’s bid to halt Libya’s civil war collapsed after Gaddafi’s forces shelled a besieged city and rebels insisted "Brother Leader" must go.
Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya including an immediate ceasefire, the African Union said on Monday.
Libyan rebels beat off a new assault by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on the besieged western city of Misrata, losing as many as 30 fighters.
Fighting erupted on the eastern front in Libya’s civil war on Saturday as a Red Cross ship brought medical supplies to the besieged city of Misrata.
The African Union ad hoc high level committee on Libya has been granted permission to enter Libya by Nato.
Gadaffi’s forces shelled Ajdabiya in Libya on Friday, as Nato expressed regret at the deaths caused by an alliance air strike on rebel tank
Libyan rebels said five fighters were killed when Nato bombed a tank column and a US general said they were unlikely to oust Muammar Gaddafi by force.
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Around 150 African refugees fleeing Libya were feared dead after their boat capsized in stormy weather in the middle of the Mediterranean.
A South African photographer is among several journalists missing in Libya since April 4, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Libya accused Britain of damaging an oil pipeline in an air strike, hours after rebels said government attacks had halted production of oil.
Nato, accused of mission failure by Libya’s rebels, vowed on Wednesday to do all to protect civilians in Misrata.
Libya’s rebel army has accused Nato of being too slow to order air strikes, allowing Muammar Gaddafi’s forces to slaughter people in Misrata.
The ICC says it has evidence Muammar Gaddafi’s government planned to put down protests by killing civilians before the uprising in Libya.
Libya’s government said on Tuesday it is ready to negotiate reforms, but only as long as Muammar Gaddafi is not forced out.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" in Misrata, evacuees said on Monday, as Libya said it was ready to discuss political reform.
Oil prices rose above $120 a barrel in London trade on Monday, for the first time in two and a half years, as nerves over the conflict in Libya grew.
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces were staging a "massacre" in the Libyan city of Misrata on Monday, even as Turkey said it was trying to broker a ceasefire.
Libyan rebels insisted on Monday that the whole Gaddafi family must leave before there can be any truce with regime forces.
A Libyan envoy has begun a trip to Europe to discuss an end to fighting, but gave no sign of any climbdown in a war that has ground to a stalemate.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled a building in Misrata early on Sunday to try to dislodge rebels from their last big stronghold.
At least 10 rebels were killed by a air strike on Friday, fighters at the scene said, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Muammar Gaddafi’s government scorned rebel conditions for a nationwide ceasefire, and there was no sign of diplomatic efforts cooling the conflict.
In the fluctuating fortunes of Libya’s military uprising, the rebels advanced on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town, Sirte, retaking lost ground.
Arms manufacturer Denel on Friday denied it, or its subsidiaries, had sold armaments to Libya.
The US and Britain consider arming the Libyan rebels if airstrikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi.
Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi’s rule was crumbling, but US officials warned he was far from beaten.
Last year a SA delegation met Gaddafi with a simple purpose: to sell massive quantities of the most lethal weaponry.
While Africa has the right to be sceptical about the West’s intentions, it also has a duty to protect Libyan citizens.
Despite Muammar Gaddafi’s human rights record Denel had plans to sell him weapons.